| 单词 | under the table |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder the table Phrases P1. at table: at the dining table; at a meal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adverb] > at meals at (the) meateOE at mealc1400 at tablec1400 at meat and meal1599 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 101 I haue yherde hiegh men, etyng atte table. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §4. l. 1015 A preest..That ther-Inne had dwelled many a yeer..was so plesaunt..Vn-to the wyf where as he was at table That she wolde suffre hym no thyng for to paye For bord. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 170 (MED) Iason..was as servisable, As diligent in chambre and at table, As euere was any childe or man. c1450 Merlin 225 The knyghtes of the rounde table seten with the sowdiours at table be hem-self. 1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon iii. sig. B7 Sitting at table..All couered with damaskt naperie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vii. 4 Your Soldiers vse him as the Grace 'fore meate, Their talke at Table, and their Thankes at end. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 237 It is shamefull for a King to boast at Table, and shrink in fight. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 18 He never deigns to discourse at Table with any below a Brother Captain. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 42 Pester'd at table with the odious company of..country cousins. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. v. 99 She had not prudence enough to hold her tongue before the servants, while they waited at table . View more context for this quotation 1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 889/1 They threw the salt over their shoulders,..in propitiation of evil powers, when they spilled it at table. 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain (London ed.) I. v. 370 The house regulations protected the patients from having such things come to their knowledge; and now here was a young whipper-snapper bringing it up at table. 1971 P. White Let. 3 Jan. (1994) xi. 372 We were having a dinner for Manning Clark, arranged weeks ahead, and which became a snowball over the weeks till we were finally ten at table. 1998 P. Chapman 1999 Good Curry Guide 150 Fish Mollee..is a classic dish, so mild and gentle in its coconut base that even the Raj allowed it at table. P2. to turn the tables and variants: to reverse one's position relative to someone else, esp. by turning a position of disadvantage into one of advantage; to cause a complete reversal of the state of affairs. [With reference to the position of the board in a board game being reversed, hence reversing the situation of each player in the game.] ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > reversal [phrase] Tottenham is turned French1546 to turn the tables1612 to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)1642 the boot is on the other leg1854 the shoe is on the other foot1933 the wheel has come full circle1944 1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares i. sig. C2 v You doe well Sir to take your pleasure of me, (I may turne tables with you ere long.) 1634 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 290 Whosoever thou art that dost another wrong, do but turn the tables: imagine thy neighbour were now playing thy game, and thou his. 1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iii. 70 The tables are quite turned, and your friends have undertaken the same bad game, and play it much worse. 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 31 Whensoever the Tables shall so far turn, as that we have a Mayor who will..drink to one of the contrary and opposite Party. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 14 Aug. 2/1 In short, Sir, the Tables are now quite turned upon me. 1764 J. Jardine Let. in D. Hume Lett. (1932) II. 352 God be thanked, the Tables are changed. It is in our Power now to persecute. 1778 F. Burney Let. 28 Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. Fanny Burney (1994) 119 The tables are turned,—for he sits & flatters her! 1839 I. Thackeray Let. 15 May in G. N. Ray Lett. W. M. Thackeray (1945) I. 382 I fear it would not be so if the tables were turned. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars iii. 165 Suppose the men of the thirteenth century could turn the tables upon us [etc.]. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 33 They had won the first match, though I hoped I might yet turn the tables on them in the return. 1939 J. B. Morton Bonfire of Weeds ix. 201 His technique of turning the tables on an audience..is being severely criticized in some quarters. 1958 Argosy Sept. 109 But since he was expecting it, the tables were turned. 1985 Undercover Autumn 15/2 Dressmakers created dresses to please the whims of the client. Worth swung the tables completely. 2001 C. Freeland But is it Art? v. 144 The images..celebrate the female artist's ability to turn the tables on the men. P3. under the table. a. colloquial. Drunk to the point of insensibility, esp. in to drink (also put, see, etc.) someone under the table: to outdrink someone; to drink with someone until that person is drunk to the point of insensibility. Now frequently in extended use in to —— someone under the table: to outdo or outlast in or overcome with the specified form of activity. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make very or insensibly drunk to drink (also put, see, etc.) someone under the tablea1636 locus1829 to sew up1829 to drink under the table1897 mickey-finn1957 a1636 J. Rogers Godly Expos. First Epist. Peter (1650) iv. 532 They get Beer of extraordinary strength, and..make matches who shall drink each other drunk under the Table. a1653 H. Binning Heart-humiliation (1676) vi. 81 Some boast of drinking, and being able to drink others under the Table. 1751 T. Carlyle in E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. (1864) iii Being a five-bottle man, he could lay them all under the table. 1845 J. F. Cooper Satanstoe I. xii. 184 Guert was no drunkard, far from it; he could only drink all near him under the table, and remain firm in his chair himself. 1921 W. S. Maugham Trembling of Leaf 28 Walker had always been a heavy drinker, he was proud of his capacity to see men half his age under the table. 1936 V. W. Brooks Flowering of New Eng. v. 95 He was far from sober, or would have been if two tumblers of brandy had been enough to put him under the table. 1953 H. Clevely Public Enemy 137 This time, if he met Tilly, she wouldn't drink him under the table. 1960 K. Amis Take Girl like You (1962) 240 You mustn't talk Julian's young friend under the table. 1985 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder II in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 197/1 Hurray: and last one under the table gets 10,000 florins from the loser. 1995 J. Barclay Paras over the Barras (2002) vii. 129 He'd drink anythin [sic], and did. He could drink anybody under the table. 2004 Voice 22 Mar. (24 Seven section) 10/3 But social dancing—you give me a little shandy, I'll get high as a kite and I will dance you under the table! b. In a clandestine or underhand way; secretly; illicitly. Frequently attributive (usually hyphenated): secret, hidden, done in a clandestine or illicit way. Cf. under the counter at counter n.3 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth stolenc1400 secret1548 clandestine1566 stealed1577 backdoor1581 underhand1592 surreptitial1602 surreptitious?1615 furtive1628 surreptious1630 by1633 surreptive1633 subreptitious1641 surreptitious1645 postern1648 backstairs1663 smuggled1707 underneath1747 underhanded1806 hidlingsa1810 hole-and-corner1835 side door1862 under-cover1933 under the table1938 crafty1946 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 334 Under the table, something given as a bribe. 1943 H. A. Wallace Cent. of Common Man (1944) 86 We can create co-operation or conflict; unity of purpose or under-the-table dealing. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xi. 92 Liquor licenses cost anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 under the table. 1963 F. O'Connor Let. 31 Oct. in Habit of Being (1979) 544 I daresay a deal will be made under the table. 1973 W. H. Hallahan Ross Forgery vi. 115 Under-the-table freight rebates reached absurd proportions. 1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones x. 180 If Cameron wanted to sell anything he'd have to do it under the table. 1996 ‘E. Lathen’ Brewing up Storm (1998) xiv. 167 I'd like to point out this was not some under-the-table deal. 2006 Tablet 14 Oct. 37/2 They allege that some full-time employees have only part-time contracts and others are paid ‘under the table’. P4. a. (a) to lay on the table and variants: (a) to present or submit formally for discussion or consideration by a legislative assembly, originally the British House of Commons, or other deliberative meeting; (more generally) to present for immediate discussion; (b) originally and chiefly U.S. (of a legislative or deliberative body) to leave or postpone consideration of (a report, proposed measure, etc.) for the present; (more generally) to postpone indefinitely. Cf. table v. 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate > make the subject of negotiation to lay on the table1646 capitulate1661 1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 163 The question of dipping and sprinkling never came upon the Table. 1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 207 Divers petitions were cast upon the table in a very confused way, and excepted unto..as anti-parliamentary. 1733 in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS App. vi. 107 in Parl. Papers 1897 (C. 8551) LI. 1 The majority, for laying the Petition on the Table..and not hearing it by counsel, was only seventeen. 1804 Jrnl. House of Representatives Commonw. Kentucky 110 Mr. Allen then moved to lay the bill on the table, until the end of the session. 1851 N. I. Bowditch Hist. Mass. Gen. Hosp. x. 366 The Committee on naming the wards made a report, which was read and laid on the table for future consideration. It has not yet been accepted. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 343 Shrewsbury laid on the table of the Lords a bill for limiting the duration of Parliaments. 1857 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 373/2 The President of the India Board..promised to lay ‘papers’ on the table of Parliament. 1913 Times 6 June 13/6 The Select Committee on the Putumayo Atrocities have laid on the table of the House of Commons a resolution. 1923 H. M. Robert Parl. Law (U.S.) 63 It is in order for a mere majority to lay on the table the questions that have not been disposed of. 1973 Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 30 Nov. b7/3 Supervisor Kloes moved..that the resolution be laid on the table,pending the Attorney General's opinion on what part of Section 51.42 of the Wisconsin State Statute covers operation of the PMI Program. 2005 Compan. Standing Orders House of Lords (ed. 20) 215 The initial House of Lords' publication scheme was..laid on the Table by the Clerk of the Parliaments in November 2002. (b) to lie on (also upon) the table: to be set aside for discussion or consideration at a later date; (also) to be postponed indefinitely. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > be under consideration to lie on (also upon) the table1679 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation I. ii. 148 On the 4th of February the Commons sent up a Bill to the Lords about the Consecration of Bishops; it lay on the Table till the 27th of February, and was then cast out, and a new one drawn. 1703 A. Fletcher Speeches i. 3 Experience may teach us, that such Acts should be the last of every Session; or lie upon the Table, till all other great Affairs of the Nation be finished. 1744 in New Jersey Archives (1882) 1st Ser. VI. 191 The House of Representatives..would not commit it [sc. a bill] but ordered it to lie on the table. 1790 W. Maclay Jrnl. 1 June (1927) 272 I had concluded that I thought it best that the bill should lie on the table until the resolution came up. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 336 The petition was ordered to lie on the table. 1863 United Presbyterian Mag. May 233/2 It was agreed that the whole matter should, in the meantime, lie on the table. 1935 S. Ervin Henry Ford vs. Truman H. Newberry vi. 76 Two reports..were presented in the Senate and were ordered to be printed and to lie on the table. 1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 6 Aug. 27/1 This Government..will let it lie on the table for at least a week (three sitting days). 2001 Oxoniensia 65 136 The report was allowed to ‘lie on the table’ for the attention of the new council. 2003 C. Emsley in T. Newburn Handbk. Policing iv. 80 Frequent suggestions..that the smaller forces be amalgamated with their larger neighbours were similarly left to lie on the table. (c) on (also upon) the table: under consideration or discussion. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adverb] > under discussion on (also upon) the table1884 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adverb] > under consideration in view?c1475 in one's eye?1567 in speculation1638 under consideration1652 on (upon) the tapis1690 on the carpet1726 in contemplation1773 on (also upon) the table1884 on the nail1886 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn II. xxi. 301 The facts are, so to speak, all upon the table, and I will merely touch upon the main heads of my case. 1915 J. London Let. 25 Aug. (1966) 458 It is..on the table whether or not we shall say ‘it is I’ or ‘it is me’. 1986 Times 1 Aug. 32 The bid is still on the table. 2000 Independent 3 Apr. (Monday Review section) 2/3 Solutions such as the shared branch or the multi-bank agency are on the table following the..study of the problems of bankless communities. b. (a) to take off the table and variants: (a) to remove formally from the set of items for discussion or consideration by a legislative assembly or other deliberative meeting; (more generally) to render unavailable for discussion or consideration; (b) originally and chiefly U.S. (of a legislative or deliberative body) to bring back (a report, proposal, etc.) for discussion or consideration after an earlier postponement. Cf. to lay on the table at Phrases 4a(a). ΚΠ 1788 W. Gordon Hist. Independence U.S.A. I. ix. 362 All lists were taken off the table, at Mr. Sears's motion. 1792 Proc. Catholic Meeting Dublin 41 The Catholics..presented an humble petition..; and, three days after, their petition was taken off the table and voted to be rejected, without debating its merits. 1855 N.-Y. Daily Times 12 Jan. 8/3 The Know-Nothing Convention..took off the table a motion to adjourn,..and after some opposition from the Western members, adopted it. 1966 N.Y. Times 12 May 41/2 The publishers' representatives had taken off the table proposals which they and we had previously agreed to. 1970 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 17 Feb. ii. 13/3 Joe F. Smith..moved that the motion to reconsider resolution be taken off the table. ‘The Traffic Committee,’ Smith said, ‘worked too vigorously on the resolution for it not to be further considered.’ 2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 Oct. a13 I am pulling it off the table and we will go back to the drawing boards. (b) off the table: not to be considered or countenanced, esp. in a discussion or negotiation. Cf. on the table at Phrases 4a(c). ΚΠ 1975 Business Week 22 Sept. 28/3 Any chance of buying back our own stock is off the table completely. 1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Apr. a3 Dole..also said a proposed temporary surtax on high income persons is ‘off the table now’. 1991 R. A. Jamieson Day at Office 21 She had said all she was going to say and the subject was completely off the table. 2006 PC Gamer Apr. 74/4 I'm not wearing my Dark Brotherhood hat.., so killing is off the table. P5. to lay one's cards on the table and variants: see card n.2 Phrases 3. P6. Chiefly Anglican Church. table of (kindred and) affinity (also table of prohibited (also forbidden) degrees): a list describing those relatives by blood or marriage that it is prohibited for a person to marry according to church law. Also with capital initials.This list is printed at the end of the Book of Common Prayer. ΚΠ 1563 Abp. M. Parker Articles §24 Item, whether there bee any in these partes that haue maried within degrees of affinity or consanguinitie, by the lawes of God forbidden: so set oute in a table for an Admonition.] 1703 Athenian Oracle I. 470/2 We find in the Table of Kindred and Affinity,..the Brothers Daughter among the prohibited Degrees to the Man. 1742 T. Broughton Hist. Dict. All Relig. II. 60 As to the impediment of Consanguinity or Affinity, there is a table of prohibited degrees. 1777 E. Smyth Acct. Trial Edward Smyth 97 Is a table of kindred and affinity publicly set up in every church? 1849 Times 24 Feb. 5/3 They derive this article of faith from the tables of prohibited degrees at the end of their Prayer-book. 1870 Times 20 May 8/6 The Bishop..pointed out that a certain principle was affirmed by the Table of Affinity. 1930 Man 30 72/1 The more capricious restrictions imposed by our ecclesiastical tables of kindred and affinity. 1947 R. M. Maclver Mod. State 28 The rigid interpretation..of the..principle which appears in our ‘table of forbidden degrees’. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Dec. 23 Does the same table of kindred and affinity..apply to civil partnerships as to marriage? P7. the pleasures of the table [after French les plaisirs de la table (1656 or earlier)] : good food and drink, considered as a source of enjoyment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > food and drink > as source of enjoyment the pleasures of the table1709 1644 Devotions Helpe Christian People 28 Give me such a gust and holy relish in this Divine nutriment, that nothing may ever hereafter please me but what savours of thee..and let my soule be..inebriated with the pleasures of thy Table.] 1709 New Characters Court Great Brit. 9 in tr. J. de La Bruyère Characters (ed. 5) He relishes the Pleasures of the Table without Debauching. 1738 C. Forman tr. L. R. de Saint-Jory Adventures of Malouka 8 He resolved to seek Comfort in the Pleasures of the Table, and the enchanting Deliriums of Wine. 1769 F. Brooke Hist. Emily Montague IV. ccxi. 146 I love the pleasures of the table. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders III. 255 Richard..despised the inclination of the German for the pleasures of the table. 1874 J. L. Motley John of Barneveld I. i. 28 He had small love for the pleasures of the table. 1942 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Social Hist. xiii. 408 Eighteenth Century Englishmen were much addicted to the pleasures of the table. 2000 Red Herring May 64/2 Slow Food is..a return to traditional, regional pleasures of the table, enjoyed slowly with family and friends. P8. to put bread (also food) on the table and variants: (of an occupation, way of life, etc.) to enable a person to bring in a steady or basic income; (of a person) to earn enough money to live on. ΚΠ 1844 Vermont Watchman & State Jrnl. 9 Aug. 1/3 The American System..gave independence to the American working-man, whether he toils in the mine or in the field,..which gives bread to his table, comfort to his fire-side.] 1859 Era 10 Apr. 10/2 Mr. Buchanan..has the germs of poetry in him;..if he will prune and restrain his muse... But she will not put bread on his table. 1955 Price-support Program: Hearings before Comm. on Agric. & Forestry (U.S. Senate, 84th Congr., 1st Sess.) VI. 3249/2 Most of us have had to look for..work off the farm in order to be able to survive, in order to be able to put food on the table. 2008 M. Hill Last Scene 17 I enjoyed writing, but I knew it wouldn't put bread on the table. P9. to bring (something) to the table: to contribute (something worthwhile, useful, or valuable) to a discussion, project, etc. ΚΠ 1914 Times 20 Mar. 15/5 Reece can do exquisitely delicate things and bring to the table a virtuosity which words cannot overpraise. 1967 Valley Independent (Monessen, Pa.) 13 Nov. 4/1 The major attribute some of the victors in Tuesday's voting will bring to the table is mastery of the art of getting re-elected. 1978 Business Week (Nexis) 2 Oct. 106 We're not going to get Weyerhaeuser away from Morgan Stanley,..but for smaller companies we can really bring something to the table. 1993 D. Irvin Behind Bench xix. 319 You have assistant coaches, and what do they bring to the table? They're sounding boards for disgruntled players. 2002 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 10 Feb. 7/1 Sheppard brought to the table not only an agile intelligence..but athleticism and physical courage. under the table In some phrases with development of figurative senses: see nose n. 7b, rose n.1 and adj.1 Phrases 1, wing n., underfoot adv. under metal: see under metal at metal n. 5a.under the counter: see counter n.3 4b; under the table: see table n. Phrases 3b, Phrases 3a In quot. 1553 the reference is apparently to relative position on the map.extracted from underprep.< as lemmas |
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